Thanks guys. Last night got the bug again and worked on the cleanup. The main problem are the joins, particularly at the leading and trailing edges. But there are lumps and bumps allover it.
Ive addreses the roughness of the seam lines by using the GW "greeen stuff". I call it green sh*t. Not populer around here, especially with you experienced guys, because the finish is not quite as good, but for people like me with limited skills, working on very small imperfections and in a confined space like btween the wings, it was perfect. The material is more liquid than putty, so it tends to flow into holes, cracks and the like and at least makes them rounded and less jagged. I havent taken any close up shots yet, but everything looks smoother.
Only problem i can see is that this stuff is a strong green colour and will need some kind of priming to mask the colour...otherwise it will show through this nearly white/ light grey (I will use tamiya "Royal Light Gray") ...How best to mask or undercoat these areas (mostly around the edges without over applying paint.....I was thinking using a brush on the filed areas, and then applying the top coat using the gun..
Another issue I have to resolve are the radio masks. A couple of things really. Firstly the rear tail is supposed to have a guide hole into which the footing for the mask is supposed to be inserted. However, they dont in fact align, so there is no hole. The tail is too thin to drill a hole, but a small cut at right angle to the fin will give me a good anchor point for the tail mast. Drilling a hole into the top surface of the top wing (the other end of the array) is no real problem.
The other issue that i can see is that the radio masks themselves are hopelessly weak and i doubt they will stand the strain of the tensioning process. I have a plan to fabricate replacement masts using 0.5mm steel rod which i think would serve as an adequate, and vastly stronger substitute. I was thinking of puting a small collar around the top of each mast, to create a anchoring point for the line. I would loop the line around the mast head, above the collar before gluing it into place with CA. Ive attached a sketch of what I intend to do......any suggestions?